Cotton-planter



(N0 Model.)

T. P. LOWRY.

COTTON PLANTER.

No. 350311. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

TALMAN PORTER LOWRY, OF BRYAN, TEXAS.

COTTO N PLANT'E R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,311, dated October 5, 1886.

Application filed December 28, 1885. Serial No. 186,881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TALMAN PORTER Low- RY, of Bryan, in the county of Brazos and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton Planters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved cotton-planter, part of the beam being broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, taken through the broken line as m,

.Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to provide cotton planters constructed in such a manner that the cotton will be planted uniformly, and which shall be simple in construction and convenient in use.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of various parts ofthe planter, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents the wheels, the axle B of which revolves in bearings attached to the side bars of the frame 0. To the middle part of the frame 0 is attached the hopper D, the.bottom of which is slotted for the passage of the radial fingers E, attached to the axle B. The rear part of the slot in the hopper-bottom is made only wide enough for the passage of the fingers E; but the forward part of the said slot is widened to allow the said fingers to carry the cotton-seed with them as they pass out through the said slot. The width of the forward part of the slot in the hopper-bottom is regulated by the plates F, which are slotted to receive the screws that fast-en them to the hopper-bottom, so that the said plates can be readily adjusted wider apart or closer together, according as more or less seed is required to be planted.

To the bottom of the hopper -D, and to a bar, S, attached to the top of the said hopper, is journaled a shaft, G, to the lower part of which are attached radial arms H, which are made wide to serve as paddles to push the cotton-seed over the forward part of the slot in the hopper-bottom, so that the said seed will be pushed out through the said slot by the radial fingers E. The arms H are made of such a length that they will be struck and revolved by the radial fingers E as the machine is drawn forward.

To the lower side of the middle part of the frame 0 is attached a tapered spout, I, to re ceive the seed as it is pushed out by the fingers E and guide it into the channel opened by the plow J, attached to the lower end of l the plow-standard K,which passes up through ahole in a cross-bar {of the frame 0 and in the rear part of the beam L, attached to the forward part of the said frame 0. The standard K is perforated to receive pinsM to secure it in place, several perforations being formed in the said standard to receive the said pins, so that it can be adjusted to cause the plow J to enter the ground to any desired depth.

The draft-strain upon the standard K is j sustained by the inclined brace N, which has an eye in its rear end to receive the said standard K, and is secured at its forward end to the forward cross-bar of the frame 0.

The beamL projects in front of the frame 0 the machine is guided and controlled. The 5 rear parts of the handles Q are connected and heldin proper relative positions bya round,R.- Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is a In a cotton-seed planter, the combination, I

with the frame 0, the wheels A, the axle B, provided with the fingers E, and the spout I, attached to the under side of the said frame,

of the hopper D, having a slot in its bottom 9 decreasing in Width from its forward to its rear end, plates F, adj ustably secured to the bottom of the hopper, the vertical shaft G, journaled in the hopper, and the horizontal arms-H on the said shaft, substantially as herein shown 1 and described. 1

TALMAN PORTER LOWRY.

Witnesses:

H. O. ROBINSON, J. G. ANDERSON. 

